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Turn
Off the Violence Day is being observed this year on different days in different
parts of the country. Officially, Turn Off the Violence Day will be
October 10,
but we look forward to a time when every day is Turn Off the Violence Day.
Ideas to observe the day.
| An outstanding school project from Rush Creek
Elementary
The
mission of Turn Off the Violence is to educate and inspire people to prevent
violence in their homes, schools, workplaces, and communities.
Turn Off the Violence started as a multi-disciplinary, grassroots violence prevention campaign
in 1991 in Minnesota.
Since then, thousands of individuals and hundreds of organizations have
participated in efforts to spread the campaign and reduce violence in all
its ugly forms... physical violence, sexual violence,
verbal violence, domestic violence, gang violence, violence in entertainment,
hate crimes, and playground violence. Turn
Off the Violence has been praised for making violence prevention “do-able”
for average people, people of all ages, people of all walks of life. Through
our Turn Off the Violence Coalition, we share knowledge, resources, and strength to make changes in our lives
and, ultimately, in society. We invite you to join us in beginning to turn
off the violence in our lives... one day at a
time.
This website is the "seed" of the
Turn Off the Violence campaign. It is the results of collaboration among
many organizations across the country.
It is our gift to you in the hopes that
you will "plant the seed" in your own home, in your own workplace, in
your own community and you will nurture it so that it grows.
Some day
together we may reap the harvest in a world that thinks of violence only as the
last resort, not the only option, ... or the best.
Our
complete "Seven Guiding Principles"
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Our
two most popular resources:
Also...T-shirts,
sweatshirts, stickers, buttons, and more are now available.
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